New Republic Offers Free Webinars For Educators
New Republic will host two webinars, one April 15 and one April 16, for educators and administrators.
The topic for the webinar April 15 is Making Advising and Student Supports Accessible for Students in...
How COVID-19 is Reshaping Translation & Interpretation
COVID-19 has changed the world irrevocably, forcing the translation and interpretation industry to rapidly adopt digital technology and tools to reduce the disruption of day-to-day operations.
Since early March, multinational corporations and international associations have...
$300M Federal Grants to States for Distance Learning
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has announced more than $300 million in discretionary grant funds will be made available for states to use to create adaptable, innovative learning opportunities for K-12 and postsecondary...
How to Succeed in Distance Education
With
the recent outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, many schools are closing their doors
and shifting students and faculty to on-line study with little-to-no advanced
notice nor training. I know one’s first reaction might be to panic...
Early Learning Programs Stretched by Pandemic
Early Edge California and the American Institutes for Research (AIR) released their research brief, California’s Early Learning and Care Providers: Essential Workers Who Need Support, which shares results from seven focus groups* conducted with...
Guidance Requested on Use of Federal Education Funding for English Learners
The U.S. Department of Education has been asked to provide guidance on the use of CARES Act funding for English Learners (ELs) in K-12 public schools by an alliance of associations: ACTFL, CABE, Californians...
ASL Interpreter Signs at White House Briefing for First Time
Many deaf and hard of hearing Americans have noticed an absence of American Sign Language interpreters at the White House’s regular COVID-19 press briefings throughout the coronavirus pandemic—that won’t be the case any longer,...
1.3 Billion Students Still Affected by Closures
According to UNESCO, 200 million students have gone back to school in the last two weeks, as schools reopen progressively across the globe. As of mid-April, 1.5 billion children and youth were affected by...
U.S. Department of Education Guidelines for Web Access & Students’ Rights
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Education has released a webinar on ensuring web accessibility for students with disabilities for schools utilizing online learning during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. In...
New America to Host Learning Sciences Exchange Summit Virtually due to Covid
For the past two years, the Learning Sciences Exchange (LSX) fellows program has brought together experts in Europe and North America across four sectors—early learning research, policy, journalism, and entertainment—to share crucial insights from...